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Thursday session: Golden Compass, Halli Galli Extreme

After clobbering Hannu in Sunda to Sahul, it was time for Golden Compass. We had full table, four players, and off we went, on our trip to the other universe. The card playing mechanism was definitely more interesting with...

Posted by Mikko on February 8, 2008 5:45 AM

Board game club session: Killdog, Amazonas, Sunda to Sahul

Yesterday's board game club session was quite splendid. I got to play several interesting games. It was also great to see Robert, now back from a few month trip to Singapore. Don kicked off the session. Even though Don has...

Posted by Mikko on May 16, 2005 9:05 AM

Games of 2003

Here it is - the fabled games of 2003 overview. Enjoy. As it turned out, I played some games after I had posted this on mailing lists, but fortunately the data is still correct... It's always interesting to make this...

Posted by Mikko on January 1, 2004 12:59 PM

Lahti Board Game Weekend, Saturday

After less-than-well slept night (maybe the real-size Space Marine helmets I slept next to haunted my sleep?) it was a new day and new games. The breakfast - eggs, bacon, french fries - was sturdy and sure to clog arteries....

Posted by Mikko on September 11, 2003 11:19 AM

Don Bone interview

Terminal City Gamers have posted an interesting interview of Don Bone, the designer of Sunda to Sahul, on their web site.Sunda to Sahul-->...

Posted by Mikko on July 17, 2003 12:06 PM

Time Control

I've written a Finnish review of Time Control. For you English-reading folks, here's what I wrote in my BoardGameGeek review: Time Control Sunda to Sahul--> I got a review copy of Time Control and I was really looking forward to...

Posted by Mikko on July 17, 2003 11:07 AM

King Lui, Sunda to Sahul

I've written reviews of King Lui and Sunda to Sahul in Finnish. I also redesigned the games front page. But that's all in Finnish.King Lui Sunda to Sahul--> You English-reading users can read reviews of King Lui and Sunda to...

Posted by Mikko on July 14, 2003 9:06 AM

Sunda to Sahul success

I got the results of the previous board game club meeting last weekend (which I missed), and I'm happy to see the success of Sunda to Sahul. I borrowed the game, because Ilari asked and they played six games of...

Posted by Mikko on May 14, 2003 3:17 PM

Board game club: Sunda to Sahul, Löwenherz, Union Pacific

We had another pleasant meeting of the Board game club last Sunday. A typical crowd of about 15-20 people visited during the several hours of gaming. At the best we had three games played simultaneously. As expected, I played Sunda...

Posted by Mikko on April 15, 2003 9:01 AM

More Sunda to Sahul, Bakari

I've added some pictures of Sunda to Sahul and Bakari I took Friday. As usual, the captions are in Finnish but there aren't even many.Sunda to Sahul Bakari-->...

Posted by Mikko on April 9, 2003 6:11 PM

Weekend games: Sunda to Sahul, Sticheln, Bakari

I had a nice weekend, when it comes to games. First game I played Friday was an old favourite, Battle Line. It's always a blast, and I actually managed to win half of the six games I played during the...

Posted by Mikko on April 9, 2003 9:09 AM

Café Games: Sunda to Sahul, Sticheln

I've been quite anxious to play Sunda to Sahul lately and finally, after one canceled attempt last week, I was able. After finishing the morning session of Der Wahnvorstellung, I met Ville and Laura at the Klubi, which has became...

Posted by Mikko on April 1, 2003 5:49 PM

Sunda to Sahul pictures

I took some pictures of Sunda to Sahul, they are available at my photo site. If you haven't seen the game, go take a look because it's pretty! No doubt it's the best self-published game I've ever seen. Though, I...

Posted by Mikko on March 25, 2003 5:21 PM

Rest of the gaming weekend

The previous entry covers the games of Friday. This one tells the tale from Saturday to Sunday. It's a long story, but hopefully of interest at least to someone. Last Saturday was a full day of gaming. I woke up...

Posted by Mikko on February 28, 2003 5:00 PM

Sunda to Sahul arrived

I picked up the Sunda to Sahul from the post office the first thing today. I just opened the box and I must say I'm impressed! Neat little box (about the size of A4, perhaps 5 cm high) and talk...

Posted by Mikko on February 18, 2003 10:43 AM

Sunda to Sahul

A guy called Don Bone was looking for playtesters for his new game Sunda to Sahul on the Spielfrieks list. I got interested without even checking the web site - come on, he was offering me a free board game!...

Posted by Mikko on February 5, 2003 9:30 AM